Tiffany Studios

with a rare six-light "Empire" base with six favrile glass candles

Minna Rosenblatt, New York
Private Collection
Christie's New York, December 11, 1982, lot 366
Private Collection
Christie's New York, December 8, 2000, lot 323

Jacob Baal-Teshuva, Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2001, p. 290 (for a design drawing from the Nash Archives showing variations of the pulled leaf decoration that is utilized on the glass candle sleeves of the present base model)

Very good overall condition. The shade with approximately 15-18 cracks to the glass scattered throughout. The base and finial with an attractive russet-brown and green patina, with some light rubbing to the patina consistent with age and gentle use. The decorated favrile glass candle sleeves on the base are all in very good condition, and show some slight variations in their tapered rims and colors (one is slightly more squared at the rim, and one is slightly more yellow than its counterparts). With period finial. The shade with a superb and artistic selection of richly saturated glass, which presents beautifully on this exceedingly rare base model. As a unit, the shade and base form a harmonious, perfectly-proportioned ensemble.
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